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To the Editor: The Perspective article by Kilbridge regarding a computing-system crash at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (March 6 issue)¹ is very disturbing and provides insight into a serious problem. Technology that is critical to patient care must be managed by the health care system, including physicians. Financial institutions have taken an aggressive approach to installing and managing critical information systems. The health care system must set standards for itself in the creation, management, and surveillance of information systems. Physicians must be engaged with hospital executives and their boards to ensure the safety of patients' health care . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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